i was just wondering, i see a company such as M2 has a nice 2m and
--440 eggbeater'' style of antennas

but i couldn't find anyone making one for higher freq such as 1296 etc

my thought was that it wasn't marketing related

so what happend at that band that makes a eggbeater
'poor'/inefficient??



thanks

so what happend at that band that makes a eggbeater
'poor'/inefficient??

Most users find they need 20 db gain, just to get out of their backyard.

Rick K2XT

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"Rick" wrote:

so what happend at that band that makes a eggbeater
'poor'/inefficient??

Most users find they need 20 db gain, just to get out of their backyard.

Rick K2XT

ok thanks all i over looked the obviious , thought it might have some
use for testing or what ever but if you need 20 to '''get out of the
backyard'''' it says it all


thanks

"ml" wrote in message
...
i was just wondering, i see a company such as M2 has a nice 2m and
--440 eggbeater'' style of antennas

but i couldn't find anyone making one for higher freq such as 1296 etc

my thought was that it wasn't marketing related

so what happend at that band that makes a eggbeater
'poor'/inefficient??



thanks

I doubt it has anything to do with efficinecy, but rather criticalness of
the dimenions at 23cM. In addition, a 0dBd horizontal antenna at 1296 is not
all that useful.

Dale W4OP

"ml" wrote in message
...
i was just wondering, i see a company such as M2 has a nice 2m and
--440 eggbeater'' style of antennas

but i couldn't find anyone making one for higher freq such as 1296 etc

my thought was that it wasn't marketing related

so what happend at that band that makes a eggbeater
'poor'/inefficient??



thanks

Hi "ml"

If you want hemispheric coverage of circular polarizes signals, I have
documented a concept that involves harnessing 4 half wave dipoles to provide
excellent coverage. For low power situations regular TV quality components
can be used. The concept can be seen at http://213.250.83.83/~jerry/.

Jerry